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PATENT OFFICE.'

FRANK HIasoH, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOY.

Application filed November 6, 1924.

To aZZ whom it man] concern.'

Be it known that LFKANK HIRSCH, a citizen of the United States, andresident of New York, in the county of New York and lState of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in magnetic toys, particularly toa toy intended to magnetically simulate the pneumatic action of a vacuumcleaner and mechanically simulate its outward form.

An object of the invention is to provide a toy which will not only andamusing to children but which will have Aconsiderable educational value.Further objects of the invention are to provide a device of thischaracter which will be of neat and attractive appearance, simple andinexpensive construction and yet comparatively rugged and durable.

, .ln`aceordance with a preferred embodi- `ment of the invention, Iemploy a box-like housing Vmember simulating the cleaning.

head of a vacuum cleaner and mount therein a permanent magnet. A handlemember is attached to the housing and the latter is mounted uponrollers, skids or other antiskid devices so that it may be rolled orslid across the surface of a Hoor or table and guided by the handlemember. The poles of the magnet are arranged so that they. will comeclose to the surface over vice is moved and will magnetically attractand piek up fine particles of paramagnetic material such as ironfilings, small shot, etc. In using the toy, a child sprinkles the iron.filings or other suitable material, upon a table or floor and guidingthe toy with the handle rolls or slides it over the surface. 'lhc magnetwill pick up the filings and closely simulate the pneumatic action of aconventional type of vacuum cleaner.

Various structural expedients may be re-tv sorted to for increasing theoutward similarity between the toy and regular vacuum gli-nner. l may,for instance, employ a bag attached to the handle and to the housingwhich will look like the conventional dust bag ol a cleaner and I maywrap cord on or about the handle in a suitable manner to represent thelexble lead wires used on electrical machines.

The inw-ation may he more fully under` prove interestmg l which the de-Serial No. 748,005.

stood from the following detailed .description 1n connection with theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view mainly in frontelevation of a toy embodying the invention, parts of the housing beingbroken away and in Asection for elearness.

Figure -2 is aside elevation partly in section.

Figure 3 is a bottom VICO.

i Figure 4 is a fragmentary section detail Figure 1. In order tokexpedite the assembly of the device -as wellas to insure a rugged anddurable construction, I prefer to form the casing or housing of a pairof complementary metallic stampings 10, 11. Stamping 10 is in the natureof a plate having its marginal edges'turned over to form flanges '12embracing similar flanges 13 at the edges of the stamping 1l.The'irregular shape of plate 10 simulates the appearance presented bythe front end of the cleaning head of a convenf. tional vacuum cleanerand is, of course, subject to considerable' variation. The flangedstamping 1l is of corresponding shape but includes approximately at itsmiddle, a cup` like socket 14 drawn from the flank. and ha vingdiametrieally opposed openings 15 therein, into which I may fit thereduced extrem- -ity 16 of an elongated handle member 17, the latterbeing of any appropriate design and of any material which will ness andstrength. serve the purpose.

The fiange 12 of member 10 is provided at its outer edge with a numberof bendable tongues 18 which may be bent over the back of stamping 11,into substantial parallelism with the plate 10, to effect firminterlocking engagement of the two stampings. If desired, the bottomflange of member 11 may be eliminated, and the lower corners of the`flat` portion of member 11 turned rearwardly to provide brackets 19carrying pins 2() which mount traction wheels 21. The dew plan view ofthe de- A wooden stick will vice is adapted t-o be moved about on thetraction wheels by tilting the handle rearwardly from the positionshown. If desired, I employ in addition to the traction wheels, .aguiding tail skid *22 .secured under the rear end of the socket M on theback stamping.

A conventional permanent horseshoe mag-- combine light-k net 23 isadapted to be secured in place at the time that the two stampings areassembled and with this end in View, the upper flanges of the stampingsare provided with aligned cut away portions 24 and the body portion ofone or both stampings provided with a number of inwardly struckouttongues Q5 cooperating Vwith the cut out portions to provide a supportfor retaining the magnet in vertical f position. The width of .theflanges is approximately equal to the thick ness of the magnet so thatit can vhave no forward or backward movement and due to the convergingarrangement of the legs thereof, the tongues 25 wed e against the legsVand preventit from sipping down-l ward.

Y In order to more closely simulate the appearance of a vacuum cleaner,I attachl a bag. The upper end Yof the bag t 30 to the handle. p may berigidly *secured tothe handle inV any appropriate manner as by pastingor byV a light securing device. portion kof magnet 23 whichprojects'ab'ove the casing' is enclosed inthe'lower end of the bag,VtheV bag end' being securedV to thel casingby suitable adhesive materialor inV any othery convenient manner. Torepre-r sent the usual lead wireemployed with electrical machines, I may arrange a length; of cord lorstring 31 upon the handle, using hooks or cleats 32 A'as anchoringdevicesV The bottom of the housing is cutV therefor. away at 33 toexpose the end faces lof the poles ofthe magnet. Whether the magnetpoles project slightly through the cutaway portion Vor whether theyterminate flush with the outer surface of the ange as .shown is largelya matter of choice but it is desirable that the cut away portion be ofsufcient size and the magnet legs project far yenough so that a childusing the toy may manually wipe'the iron filings or other paramagneticmaterial from the oles of themagnet. f

In assembling t e device, the magnet is ,laid on Vthe stamping 11, beingcenteredby the tongues and the VopeningsQl.y yStampingV 10 is thenplaced over the magnet-,and its tonguesfbent over theback of stampingl1. The reduced end of the liandleis inserted through Vthe alignedopeningsl 16 of the cup shaped extension of the member 11, thek bagand'cord applied, and the .rollers 26 mount-.

Ved on the brackets V19. It will be seen that the operation of` firmlysecuring the magnet in place is merely an incidentfof theLassembly ofthestampings. i

I prefer that the toybehve'nded togetherj with ya small containerofiron' filings orV sprinkles these particles upon a table or it acrossthe surface on thc rollers and the tail skid. Tipping the toy back uponthev magnetism.

The intermediate o skid results in elevating the poles of the magnetslightly .above thel surface of the table and as the device is manuallyguided ,back and forth over the iron filings they will beiattracted liy.the magnet and picked up,'

v.familiarize it with the rst yprinciples of After the toy has becomeworn and broken, the comparatively'indestructible permanent magnet maybe removed and used as a plaything. It will thus beseen that there isherein Vdescribed apparatusy in which the Vseveral features of thisinvention arerembodied, and

which apparatus in its action attains the va .rious objects of theinvention andA isY well suited to meet theV requirements of practicaluse. Y 1 Y As many changes could be'Y made in the above construction andmany apparently widely different embodimentsof this invene tion could'bemade without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that allmatter Vcontained in the above description or I claim as new and desireto secure by Let-l .ters Patent is 1 Y 1. A toy vacuunifcleanerkincluding traction means, a housing member supported on saidmeans andsimulating a cleaning head, afhandle member secured Yto said housingrand a magnet in the housing'having its poles vdisposed inoperativeposition to pick up paramagnetic material from a surface over which thehousing is moved by the handle member. l 'v 2. A toy vacuum cleanerincluding ahous-V ing, traction means supporting the housing,

ya liandlemeinbersecured to the housing, a

permanent magnet in the housing and means securedto the handle andhousing simulatingl a dust bag.`

.. a 1A. den@ of kai@ @im described intimi- Yinga magnet liousingsimulating a cleaning ,'head, ,traction means therefor includingrwlieelsand a skid, ahandle member secured.

l A Y --totlief` housing and a magnet concealed in similarpara-magnetif.: particles. Abhild,

"closely adjacentthe surface over which the the housing, with Aits polesarranged to be device is moved. l

4. A Vtroy of the class described including a housing, representing acleaning head, a 3

pernianent magnet in the housing, a handle .shownA inthe accompanyingvdrawings shall icc member, a bag simulatingthe dust bag of the vacuumcleaner attached at one end to the housing and at the other end to thehandle, the poles of the magnet being exposed through the housing.

5. A toy vacuum cleaner including a housing, said housing including apair of com plementary interlocking metallic' stampings, a magnet in thehousing, traction means for the housing, and a handle member formanually propelling the device on the traction means.

6. A toy vacuum cleaner including a housing, said housing including apair of complementary interlocking metallic stampings, a magnet in thehousing, traction means for the housing, and a handle member formanually propelling the device on the traction means, one of saidstampings including an offset to which the handle member is at"- tached.

ing, said housing including a pair of complementary interlockingmetallic. stampings, a magnet in the housing, traction means for thehousing, and a handle member for manually propelling the device on thetraction means, one of said stampings including a cup-shaped sockethaving diametrically opposedy openings therein receiving the handle.

8. A toy vacuum cleaner including a housing, said housing including apair of complementary interlocking metallic stampings, a magnet in thehousing, traction means for the housing, and a handle member formanually propelling the device on the traction means, a bag secured tothe handle and housing representing the dust bag of a vacuum cleaner.

9. A toy vacuum cleaner including a housing, said housing including apair of complementary interlocking metallic stampin s, a magnet in thehousing, trac-tion means or the housing, and a handle member formanually propelling the device on the traction means, each of saidstampings including overlapping marginal flanges and tongues' on theflanges of one stamping embracing the other stamping.

l0. A toy vacuum cleaner including a housing, said housing including apair of complementary interlocking metallic stampings, a magnet in thehousing, traction means for the housing, and a handle member formanually propelling the device on the traction means, one of saidstampings including struck ont tongues cooperating to provide a holderfor a magnet.

ll. A toy vacuum cleaner including a housing, said housing including apair of complementary interlocking metallic stampings, a magnet in thehousing, traction means for the housing, and a handle `member l'ormanually propelling the device on the traction means, said stampingsincluding 7. A toy Vacuum cleaner including a hous-v overlappingmarginal flanges having aligned cutaway portions therein accommodatingthe intermediate portions of' the magnet.

12. A toy vacuum cleaner including a housing, said housing including apair of complementary interlocking metallic stampings, a magnet in thehousing, traction means for the housing, and a handle member formanually propelling the device on the traction means, said stampingsincluding marginal flanges cut away to expose the poles of' the magnet.

13. A housing, said housing includinga pairL of complementaryinterlocking metallic stampings, a magnet in the housing, traction meansfor the housing, and a handle member for manually propelling the deviceon the traction means, one of said stampings including a pair ofrearwardly projecting ears, said traction means including rollersmounted on the ears.

14. A toy vacuum cleaner including a housing, said housing including apair of complementary interlocking metallic stampings, a magnet in thehousing, traction means for the housing, and a handle member formanually propelling the device on the traction means, one of saidstampings including an offset to which the handle is attached, a skid onthe bottom of said eX- tension and rollers cooperating with the Iskid toprovide traction means.

.15. A ytoy vacuum cleaner including a housing, said housing including apair of complementary stampings, overlapping marginal flanges onV thestampings, tongues on the flanges of one stamping bent over the otherstamping to prevent separation of the complementary members, the otherof said stampings including a substantially ycupshaped socket havingdiametrically opposed openings therein and including at its lower end apair of turned back brackets, a skid mounted on the socket, rollersmounted on the brackets, a handle including a reduced end accommodatedin the aligned openings of the extension, a'permanent magnet disposedwitliin the housing, tongues struck from one stamping and formingasupporting rack for the magnet, the flanges at the upper portion of thehousing having aligned cut-away portions accommodating the intermediateportion ot the magnet, said housing being cut away at its lower end toexpose the poles of the magnet, and means simulating a dust bagadhesively secured at its upper end to the handle and at its lower endto th'e housing. l

1G. A device' of the class described .in claim 15 wherein the lower endof the bag conceals the projecting upper portion of the magnet.

17. A devil-e `of the class described in claim l5 and including :ifurther feature of' toy vacuum cleaner including a' cord supported uponthe handle and representing nn electric cable.

'loket device of the class described in claim l5 and Vincluding thefurther feature of clentson the handle and a cord Wrapped about thecleats to represent an electric cubic.

19. A Itoy vzu'uuin cleaner including a hoi1sing,'snid housingcomprising;r n p21-irV of complementnry interlocking,r metallicstampings', :l permanent magnet secured between the simnpings, saidstnmpings including means for preventing movement of the magnet in anydirection, traction ineens for the housing' and :i handle member formanually propelling the device on the traction means.

2l). `A toy vacuum cleaner including :i narrow verticnlly disposedhousing including n pair of Vcomplementar f metallic stampings, nvertically dispose( magnet in the 2l. A device of the class described inY claim 20 and wherein the lower end of the housing is provided with aeut-away portion to expose thefpoies of the magnet.

22. A device of the class described in claim 2O and wherein theintermediate por-V tion of the magnet projects beyond the housing und nbug encloses said projectingr portion. A i

Signed :it Newy York, inthe county of New York and Stute of New York,this 5th 'day of November, A. D. 1924,

FRANK HIRSCH.

